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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8143370, member: 56859&quot;]So sorry for your painful loss, Ocat.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few more tribute coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. <span style="color: #0000ff">Claudius</span> Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudiusdiobolhippo-rt-jpg.1370107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius</b></p><p>Year 2, 41/2 CE</p><p>AE diobol; 24 mm, 9.12 gm</p><p>Obv: [TIB KΛAV KAI] CЄBAC ΓЄ[PMA,\; laureate head right, star before</p><p>Rev: hippopotamus standing right; AVTOKPA above, L B below</p><p>Ref: RPC 5124; Dattari (Savio) 162; Emmett 82</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg/v1/fill/w_850,h_428,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p>year 3, CE 269/70</p><p>tetradrachm, 20 mm, 10.2 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKKΛAVΔIOCCEB (In theory: what I can read on this coin doesn&#039;t quite match what the legend is supposed to be. Probably just engraver error or die deterioration); laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L Γ in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3896.3, R4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudiusiieaglealextete3878-1-r1-jpg.354340/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Claudius II tetradrachm year 1, /eagle; Emmett 3878[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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